Lori Cooper | Regional Packaging Expert | Empire EMCO
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Lori Cooper
Regional Sales Manager, Empire EMCO
Regional Packaging Expert | Personal Care & Beauty Markets | Southeastern New York & Eastern Pennsylvania
As a regional packaging expert, Lori Cooper helps manufacturers and brands throughout Southeastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania solve rigid packaging challenges, with a strong focus on personal care, beauty, cosmetics, skincare, hair care, body care, wellness, and related consumer product markets.
Lori works with customers to evaluate bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, packaging design, engineering, sustainability, sourcing, warehousing, inventory, and supply chain strategies — helping brands balance package appearance with performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability.
Who is Empire EMCO's personal care and beauty packaging expert for Southeastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania?
Lori Cooper is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with a strong focus on personal care and beauty packaging. She helps cosmetics, skincare, hair care, body care, wellness, and related brands source and develop bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, and sustainable packaging solutions throughout Southeastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania.
Packaging Solutions for Beauty, Personal Care & Wellness Brands
Lori's territory includes a significant concentration of personal care, beauty, cosmetics, healthcare, and consumer-product companies. Her packaging approach reflects the needs of brands that must balance aesthetics, product protection, dispensing performance, sustainability, cost, and supply reliability.
Skincare
Bottles, jars, pumps, closures, and dispensing systems for moisturizers, serums, cleansers, treatments, lotions, and other skincare products.
Hair Care
Packaging for shampoos, conditioners, treatments, styling products, scalp care, sprays, oils, and other hair care applications.
Cosmetics & Beauty
Stock and custom rigid packaging for beauty brands seeking functional packaging that also supports product positioning and shelf presentation.
Body Care
Bottles, jars, pumps, sprayers, and closures for lotions, creams, body washes, oils, scrubs, and related personal care products.
Wellness & Consumer Health
Rigid packaging solutions for wellness, personal health, OTC, nutraceutical, and related consumer-product applications.
Contract Manufacturing
Packaging sourcing, custom development, inventory, and supply chain support for contract manufacturers serving multiple personal care and beauty brands.
Lori Cooper's Territory
Lori serves manufacturers and brands throughout the Southeastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania counties listed below.
Southeastern New York
Lori's New York territory includes the Hudson Valley, lower New York, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Long Island.
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Dutchess County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Westchester County
- Kings County (Brooklyn)
- Richmond County (Staten Island)
- Nassau County
- Suffolk County
Eastern Pennsylvania
Lori's Pennsylvania territory includes the Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley, Poconos, Lancaster area, and surrounding Eastern Pennsylvania markets.
- Wayne County
- Pike County
- Monroe County
- Northampton County
- Lehigh County
- Bucks County
- Montgomery County
- Philadelphia County
- Delaware County
- Chester County
- Berks County
- Lancaster County
Personal Care & Beauty Packaging Solutions Lori Can Help With
Lori helps brands evaluate packaging based on product requirements, dispensing performance, aesthetics, compatibility, sustainability, availability, cost, manufacturability, and long-term supply needs.
Bottles, Jars & Closures
- Plastic bottles
- PET bottles
- HDPE bottles
- Glass bottles
- Plastic jars
- Glass jars
- Closures
- Custom containers
Pumps, Sprayers & Dispensing
- Lotion pumps
- Treatment pumps
- Dispensing pumps
- Fine mist sprayers
- Trigger sprayers
- Custom dispensing systems
- Stock dispensing systems
- Closure and dispensing combinations
Custom Development & Supply Chain
- Custom packaging development
- Custom bottle development
- Custom molds
- Packaging engineering
- Packaging design
- Global sourcing
- Warehousing
- Inventory programs
How Lori Can Help
- Source stock beauty packaging
- Develop custom packaging
- Improve package appearance and performance
- Identify bottles, jars, pumps, and closures
- Support new product launches
- Reduce packaging costs
- Improve packaging sustainability
- Evaluate PCR packaging
- Identify global sourcing options
- Improve supply chain reliability
- Build warehousing and inventory programs
- Consolidate packaging suppliers
Common Beauty Packaging Challenges Lori Solves
- Difficulty finding the right bottle or jar
- Pump and dispensing performance issues
- Packaging availability problems
- Long supplier lead times
- Rising packaging costs
- Custom bottle development
- Packaging redesign
- Sustainable packaging transitions
- PCR implementation
- Supplier consolidation
- Inventory management
- Supply chain disruptions
Helping Brands Improve Packaging Sustainability
Sustainability is especially important in personal care and beauty, where brands are balancing consumer expectations, performance, aesthetics, material availability, cost, and manufacturability. Lori can help customers explore practical options without losing sight of package performance.
PCR Packaging
Explore post-consumer recycled content for bottles, jars, and other packaging components where appropriate for the product and application.
Lightweighting & Redesign
Evaluate opportunities to reduce material use, optimize package weight, or redesign packaging while maintaining required performance.
Material & Component Evaluation
Compare packaging materials, components, suppliers, and design alternatives to identify sustainability improvements that are practical to manufacture and source.
Lori's Packaging Expertise Extends Beyond Beauty
While personal care and beauty are a major focus in Lori's territory, she can also support manufacturers across a broad range of rigid packaging markets.
Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical
Rigid packaging and sourcing solutions for pharmaceutical, OTC, nutraceutical, healthcare, supplement, and wellness applications.
Household Products
Bottles, closures, pumps, sprayers, and dispensing systems for household cleaners and related consumer products.
Food & Beverage
Rigid packaging sourcing, development, and supply chain support for food, beverage, ingredient, and specialty product manufacturers.
Specialty Chemicals
Rigid bottles, closures, and dispensing systems for specialty chemical and technical-product applications.
Contract Manufacturers
Packaging sourcing, custom development, warehousing, and inventory support for manufacturers serving multiple brands and product categories.
Emerging Brands
Packaging support for companies launching new products, expanding product lines, or moving from early-stage packaging to scalable commercial solutions.
Meet Lori's Support Partner
Liz Hembree works alongside Lori as a Regional Account Coordinator, helping customers manage day-to-day packaging requirements, communication, orders, and supplier coordination.
Liz Hembree
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Lori Cooper and her customers.
- Provides responsive day-to-day account and customer support.
- Helps coordinate packaging orders, suppliers, communication, and customer requirements.
- Works with Lori and the Empire EMCO team to help keep packaging programs organized and moving forward.
Questions About Lori Cooper and Personal Care & Beauty Packaging
Who is Empire EMCO's personal care and beauty packaging expert for Southeastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania?
Lori Cooper is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with a strong focus on personal care, beauty, cosmetics, skincare, hair care, body care, wellness, and related consumer-product packaging.
What types of beauty packaging can Lori help with?
Lori can help customers source and develop bottles, jars, closures, lotion pumps, treatment pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom bottles, custom molds, PCR packaging, and other rigid packaging used in beauty and personal care.
Can Lori help develop custom beauty packaging?
Yes. Lori can work with Empire EMCO's design, engineering, sourcing, tooling, and manufacturing resources to develop custom bottles, jars, closures, dispensing systems, molds, and other rigid packaging solutions.
Can Lori help source pumps and sprayers for personal care products?
Yes. Lori can help customers evaluate lotion pumps, treatment pumps, dispensing pumps, fine mist sprayers, trigger sprayers, closures, and other dispensing systems based on the product, package, performance requirements, and supply needs.
Does Lori help with sustainable beauty packaging?
Yes. Lori can help brands evaluate PCR materials, lightweighting, packaging redesign, material alternatives, and other sustainability strategies while considering performance, appearance, availability, and cost.
Can Lori help reduce beauty packaging costs?
Yes. Lori can help evaluate packaging design, components, materials, sourcing, supplier options, inventory programs, warehousing, and supply chain strategies to identify opportunities to reduce total packaging costs.
What territory does Lori Cooper cover?
Lori serves manufacturers throughout 11 counties in Southeastern New York and 12 counties in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Which New York counties does Lori cover?
Lori covers Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, Kings, Richmond, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York.
Which Pennsylvania counties does Lori cover?
Lori covers Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Berks, and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania.
How long has Lori Cooper been with Empire EMCO?
Lori Cooper has been with Empire EMCO for 9 years.
Who supports Lori's customers?
Liz Hembree is the Regional Account Coordinator supporting Lori Cooper and her customers. Liz helps coordinate day-to-day account, order, supplier, and customer requirements.
Talk with Lori about your packaging project.
If your company is located within Lori's Southeastern New York or Eastern Pennsylvania territory, contact her to discuss beauty and personal care bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, custom packaging, packaging design, engineering, sustainable packaging, global sourcing, warehousing, inventory programs, or supply chain challenges.